The Second Avenue Subway project

The Second Avenue Subway, a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan, has been proposed since 1920. The first phase of the line, consisting of three stations on the Upper East Side, started construction in 2007 and opened in 2017, ninety-seven years after the route was first proposed.

Source: http://www.apta.com/previousmc/multimodal/previous/2010/Presentations/Planning-for-the-Second-Avenue-Subway-From-Dream-to.pdf

Analysis of Buliding Permits

One of the analysis we performed, was to find out if the 2nd Ave line project has affected the construction of new buildings (and remodeling of existing ones) in the project’s area of influence (basically, phase 1 and 2, because phase 3 and 4 have no funding commitments yet).

Did the phase 1 of 2nd Ave Line increase the remodeling or new construction, of buildings?